Clamp for attaching soft treads to horseshoes.



No. 63|,I4.7. Patented Aug. 15, I899. c'. H. BEARDSLEY & a. N. TALCDTT.

.CLAMP FOR ATTA'CHING SOFT TREADS T0 HDRSESHOES.

(Application filed Dec. 24, 1898.)

No Model.)

wvb'nesoa UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHAUNOEY H. BEARDSLEY AND GEORGE N. TALCOTT, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

CLAMP FOR ATTACHING SOFT TREADS TO HORSESHOES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 631,147, dated August 15, 1899.

Application filed December 24, 1893. Serial No. 700,280. (No model.)

T0 al whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHAUNCEY H. BEARDS- LEY and GEORGE N. TALCOIT, citizens of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clamps or Olips for Attaching Soft Treads to Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in clamps or clips for attaching soft treads to horseshoes, the object being to provide means for protecting horses feet and limbs by affording suitable elasticity to their tread.

A further object is to provide a Wearing-surface which will prevent horses from slipping on wet paved streets and which will render the horses movements noiseless.

A still further object is to provide means for attaching these treads to any shoe in use and one capable of being attached after the shoe has been nailed to the hoof.

Another object is to provide an attachment of different construction applicable to the exigencies arising in consequence of the peculiarities of horses to be supplied with them.

With the foregoing objects in view our in vention consists of a clamp or clip, preferably round or elongated in shape, composed of two parts provided with lugs or hooks to clamp over or against the outer edge of the shoe and having flanges or other suitable means to engage the sides of the soft tread to be applied to the shoe.

It further consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing one form of our improvement attached. Fig. 2 is a transversesection. Fig. 3 is a view showing the clamps or clips removed, and Fig. at is a detached view of a modification.

A representsa shoe of ordinary construction having the usual toe and heel calks 1 and 2 2, respectively. This shoe is applied to the hoof in the usual Way by preference, and in the forms of devices shown they are attached after the shoe is in place on the hoof, especially the elongated form of clip or clamp, which necessarily covers the nail-holes.

B B represent the two parts of an elongated clamp or clip. These are curved to conform to the side formation of a shoe and are pro- Vided with lugs 3 3, which project inwardly toward each other from the opposite clamps or clips and are adapted to embrace the sides of the shoe. On the lower edges of these parts or sections of the clips or clamps inwa'rdly-proj ecting flanges 4 4 are formed. The rubber tread O is provided on opposite edges with grooves 5 5, adapted to receive the flanges 4 4 for holding the rubber tread G in place on the lower side of the shoe. These treads and their clips or clamps are fastened in place in any convenient way as, for instance, by means of boltsor screws 6 6, passed through holes in the extreme ends of the clamps or clips'beyond the rubber tread, and, if desired, at some intermediate point, spacing devices 7 7 being placed on these bolt-s or screws between the clamps or clips to hold them apart.

While we have described and shown a form of clamp having lugs embracing the upper surface of the shoe between the latter and the hoof, it is simply because in this way we can apply our device to any horseshoe now in use, yet is perfectly obvious that by a slight modification of the shoe itself-that is, by forming grooves in its edgesthese same clamps or clips might be used with equal facility without extending upon the upper surface of the shoe.

In the modification we haveshown a smaller tread, in this particular instance round, although of course it might be square or angular, but We say round as contradistinguished from the elongated form already described. This modified form is to all intents and purposes the same as the other, except that it is shortened and each section of the clamp or clip has but a single lug, whereas about three are necessary in the other form. Also it may be mentioned in this modified construction that the flanges are much more curved and altogether form approximately an annular flange coming together at their ends.

It is desirable in the formation of these clips or clamps to make them shorter than the calks of the shoe, so that when the rubber is worn down the calks will prevent wear upon the clips or clamps. When the rubber does become worn to that extent that the calks touch the ground or pavement, then it is time to renew them. This can be readilydone by simply removing the bolts orscrews and taking off the clamps or clips and securing new rubber treads in place of the old ones Ordinarily one form of tread would be employed on a single shoe; but it would depend altogether upon the peculiarities of the horse in placing its foot as to whether or not both forms should be used on a single shoe. To illustrate: If the horse should press more heavily upon one side of his shoe and tend to wear that more than the other side, then one of the elongated treads could be used on that side and two of the smaller ones would be secured on the other side. Sometimes the smaller ones are used altogether. In any event when the elongated ones only are used but two would be required, whereas if the modified form were employed altogether four would be necessarytwo on each side.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a very simple device is provided for quickly equipping any horseshoe already on the horses hoof, thus avoiding any necessity for a change in the style of shoe or even the removal of the shoe. So it will be seen that our improved device is not only eltectual in use, but is simple in construction and most inexpensive to the consumer.

It is evident that slight changes in addition to those already specified might be made in the form and arrangement of the parts described without departure from the spirit and scope of our invention, and hence we do not wish to limit ourselves to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

I-Iaving fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a horseshoe, of a yielding tread, and a clamp or clip consisting of two parts, and means for securing said parts together upon the sides of the horseshoe with the yielding tread between them.

2. The combination with a yielding tread, of a clip or clamp consisting of two parts having each a flange adapted to enter a groove in the yielding tread and provided with a lug for embracing the sides of the horseshoe, and a bolt or screw passed through these parts for securin g them together upon the shoe and the yielding tread.

3. The combination with an elongated rubber tread having grooves inits sides, of a clip or clamp comprising two curved parts having inwardly-projecting flanges which enter the said grooves and inwardlyprojecting lugs which embrace the sides of the shoe at some point between the heel and toe, spacing-tubes interposed between these parts and bolts or screws passed through holes in the'parts and a spacing-tube for securing the clamps or clips and the tread to the horseshoe;

CI'IAUNCEY H. BEARDSLEY. GEORGE N. TALCOT". ln presence of- D. S. BLUE, JAMES H. FOWLER. 

